Seafood With Ginger, Tomatoes And Chilies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 6 cloves garlic, pounded to a paste
• 1 inch ginger, minced
• 1/2 lb peeled deveined medium shrimp
• 1/2 lb sea scallops
• 1/2 lb flounder or 1/2 lb sole, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 cup fish sauce (nuoc mam)
• 1/2-1 teaspoon dried chili pepper flakes
• 1 large ripe tomato, halved,seeded,diced
• 2 large green onions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• hot cooked rice

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large skillet or wok over high heat; add the garlic and ginger and stir-fry for 30 seconds add the shrimp, scallops and flounder in an even layer and cook, turning once, until just done, about 2 minutes; remove the seafood to a plate.
• 2 return the skillet to the fire; add sugar, fish sauce and chili flakes and boil until slightly reduced, about 2 minutes stir in tomato and green onions; cook 1 minute.
• 3 gently return seafood with any juices to the pan; cook until heated through, about 30 seconds.
• 4 transfer to a platter, sprinkle with cilantro and serve with rice.